Dress.



D. ZAVODNIK.

DRESS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1913.

1,114,954. Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

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To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I DavmfZAvoDNIK, a citizen of the United tates, and aresident of the cit of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented anew and im proved Dress, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description;

My invention relatesto a new and improved form of ladys dress,particularly a house-dress, and an object of the invention is to providea dress which will have a neat appearance about the waist, avoiding the0bjection raised to the loose fitting morning dresses, and which willadhere to the waist of the wearer irrespective as to whether or notcorsets are worn.

A further object of my invention is to provide a dress, which may bereadily donned, which can be adjusted to different sizes of waist, andwhich will have the appearance of a neatly fittingcombined waist andskirt.

Another object of my invention is that it may be used as a maternitydress.

With the above and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafterappear, the present invention consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

I attain the above outlined objects by making use of an outer beltadapted to encircle the waist of the wearer, the two ends of the saidbelt being attached to the dress, and a shorthand being stitched to theinside of the overlapping front portion of the dress.

A series of clasps are attached to the inner:

band and a corresponding series of claspreceiving members are attachedto the ends of the outer belt at the end of the overlapped frontportion, thus enabling the wearer to adjust same to different sizesaround the waist.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, and in which Figure I is aperspective view showing a preferred embodiment of my invention on thewearer, a portion of the front being broken away to show the inner band;Fig. II is a perspectlve view showmg my inven-.

tion on the wearer, the front portion being Specification of LettersPatent. Patented 0 1;, 27, 1914 Application filed. August 26, 1913.Serial No. 786,648.

turned back to show the inner band; Fig. 111 a transverse sectional viewthrough the dress at the'belt; and Fig. IV is a view showing the dressaround the waist of the wearer and the outer belt held in place.

Described more in detail, my dress or gare mcnt comprises a waistportionl and a skirt 2, formed integral or stitched together.: A:

, belt 3 is stitched to the ends of the front portions as shown in Figs.II and III. Aband 1s stitched at the ed cs 13 and 14 to the inner sideof the over apping portion. A

.row ofbuttons or other suitable clasping members 7, 11, 9 and. 5 areattached to the belt 3. A row of buttonholes or other claspreceivingmembers 8, l0 and 12 are attached to the. band 4. Each one of theclasp-receiving members 8, 10 and 12 are adapted to engage with eitherone of the clasps 7, 11 and 9. A clasp-receiving member or buttonhole 6is placed at the end of the belt 3 and is adapted toyengage with eitherof the clasps or buttons 11, 9 or 5.

As shown in Fig. III,the clasp 7 is in position to engage with itsreceivingmember 8 rr STATS ra rnn'ror ion.

and the clasp 6 is in position to engage with its receiving memberb. Inthis position,

the dress fits snugly around the waist of the wearer and the only buttonor clasp visible, l

der the belt 3 and in that event nothing is visible.

If it is desired to increase the waist dimensions of the dress, theclasp 10 is engaged with the receiving member 7, and the clasp 6 isengaged with. the receiving member :9, which is placed in positionto beopposite the clasp 6 in its new position. If it is de sired to increasethe waist dimensions of the dress still more, the clasp 12 is engagedwith the receiving member 7 and the clasp 6 is engaged with thereceiving member 11, which is so placed as to be opposite the new position of the clasp 6. If a still greater variation of waist dimension isdesired, a few additional clasps similar to 8, 10 and lflmay be added,with corresponding members for the clasp 6, similar to the clasps 7,11and 9.1

If it is desired not to have the clasp-receiving members 5 and 9 exposedwhen the dress is adjusted for the larger waist dimen sions, the member6, may be a hook instead of a clasp and the members 5,9 and 11 may beeyes adapted to catch the hook .6. The

hook and eye Will, of course, serve the same purpose viz, hold the endof the belt 3 in position.

It Will be noted that by using the band 4: attached to the inner side ofthe overlap ping portion, the main holding clasps are al- Ways invisibleon the outside of the dress.

Having thus described, my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. An open front dress, comprising a back and a pair of front portions,an inner band having its ends attached to the inside of one of the saidfront portions While the central portion of the band is free, a seriesof fastening means attached to the loose portion of the said inner bandand a corresponding series of engaging fastening means attached to theoutside of the'second front portion, the said sets of fastening meansbeing arranged so that the overlap of one front portion over the othermay be varied Without exposing the said fastening means.

2. An open front dress, adapted to have its front portions so that oneoverlaps the other,

a series of fastening means attached to the loose portion of the saidinner band and a corresponding series of engaging fastening meansattached to the outside of the second front portion, an outer beltenclrcling the dress at the Waist l1ne and being attached at the ends ofthe two front portions, another fastener attached to the inside .of' theoverlapping front portion at its extreme end, the said fastening meansbeing arranged so that the overlap of one front portion over the othermay be varied Without exposing the said fastening means, While acorresponding fastener for the outer belt is found for every variationin the size of the Waist- In testimony whereof, I have signed my name tothis specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

Y DAVID ZAVODNIK.

Witnesses:

AARON KAPLAN, MORES GINsBnRo.

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Washington, D. (7.

